James montgomery



p To all whom 'it ma/y concern JAMnsMoN'freoMnnY, or NEW'YoRK, NQY.

Letters Patent No. 973214, dated November 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Beit known that I, J AMES MONTGOMERY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Inhaling-Apparatus; and I do hereby declare` that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my inhalingapparatus.

Figure 2 shows the perforated bottom plate of the device detached.

Figure 3 is a section of said perforated bottom.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section, with the caps or covers at each Vend removed and separate, and showing the sponge or other absorbent material in the inside. I

Figure 5 shows the apparatus in the form ofa fish, to be worn suspended by a chain or cord fromlthe neck. In this device the head and tail of the fish constitute the caps or covers at each end of the body,

which corresponds with the tube shown in gs. 1 and 4.

Figure 6 is a cross-section of the apparatus shown as corrugated longitudinally, in order to give rigidity, when made of very thin material, and to increase the amount of surface to be heated by the body.

`Figure 7 is a section through a cap, which is also corrugated. Y,

My invention has for its object, to construct an inhaler that shall be portable and easily placed in the pocket, and which shall not require articial heat,

and consists of a small tubular box, which may beA either corrugated-as shown in iig. 6, and made of lglass or other suitable material, or be plain in form and of any size that will permit one endof it to be taken into the mouth for the purpose of inhaling` through it.

'.lhc bottom of this box is perforated with small holes, as shown in figs. 1, 2, 3, and it' is also provided with caps or covers at the ends, made to it closely.

It is evident that these covers may be hinged to the box, andheld by snap-latches, until required to be used, when they may be opened by the action of a spring set free by the pressure of the finger, in any of thc ways commonly in use.

A soft sponge or analogous material is placed in the vessel to receive and hold the valious medicaments required for inhalation sponge may be used, as cotton, rags,tlax, &c.

The bog; may be of any convenient and desirable ,A

form, as square, cylindrical or oval, with longitudinal corrugations. This last form I prefer, as the type of my invention, as its section shown in tig. 6, is best suited to the mouth. Opaque glass is the material preferable to others for the 4construction of the apparatos, as it is best calculated to prevent a deranging chemical eifect on its contents, by the action of light, while deterioration from metallic corrosion cannot occur. l

I am well aware that several devices are in use for inhalation, but these contrivances are of too heavy, complicated, and bulky a form, with the inconveniences arising from these defects, and hence the impossibility of carrying them around on the person, to be used by the patient lat such times as the nature of the case may require, has acted to prevent their general introduction into use. I therefore disclaim the right to the use of any of these, as I restrict myself to the small box herein described, the contents of which are vaporized by the heat of the body, as set forth; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'lhe portable inhaling-apparatus, composed of a box fitted at each end with covers, and with Wire ganze or perforated bottoms, and a sponge or equivalent material for holding the medical agent to be enclosed, all constructed as and for the purposes set' forth.

JAMES MONTGOMERY. lNituesses:

.WM. F. MGNAMARA, A. W. MACDONALD.

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